Distributional findings on happines in New Zealand (NZ)

Measure type: 111C   4-step verbal Happiness Taking all things together, would you say you are?: - very happy - quite happy - not very happy - not at all happy very = 4 ......not at all = 1
Details	Measure code	Year	On original range 1 - 4		On range 0 - 10
			Mean	SD	Mean	SD
	O-HL-c-sq-v-4-f	1991	3.18	0.63	7.01	1.75
	O-HL-u-sq-v-4-a	1998	3.28	0.57	7.71	1.40
	O-HL-u-sq-v-4-a	2005	3.36	0.53	7.91	1.24
Average			3.27	0.58	7.54	1.46

Measure type: 111D   5-step verbal Happiness How happy do you feel as you live now? - very happy - fairly happy - neither happy nor unhappy - fairly unhappy - very unhappy very happy = 5 .... very unhappy = 1
Details	Measure code	Year	On original range 1 - 5		On range 0 - 10
			Mean	SD	Mean	SD
	O-HL-g-sq-v-5-ca	2004	4.07	0.87	7.24	1.87
Average			4.07	0.87	7.24	1.87

Measure type: 111F   7-step verbal Happiness Considering your life as a whole, would you describe it as - very unhappy - unhappy - mixed - happy - very happy very happy = 7 .... very unhappy = 1
Details	Measure code	Year	On original range 1 - 7		On range 0 - 10
			Mean	SD	Mean	SD
	O-HL-g-sq-v-7-a	2002	5.48	0.97	7.77	1.92
Average			5.48	0.97	7.77	1.92

Measure type: 121D   5-step verbal LifeSatisfaction Overall, how satisfied are you with your present life? - very satisfied - fairly satisfied - neither satisfied nor dissatisfied - fairly dissatisfied - very dissatisfied very satisfied = 5 ..... very dissatisfied = 1
Details	Measure code	Year	On original range 1 - 5		On range 0 - 10
			Mean	SD	Mean	SD
	O-SLW-c-sq-v-5-na	2004	4.03	0.79	7.94	1.77
	O-SLW-c-sq-v-5-g	2008	4.07	0.87	8.03	1.88
Average			4.05	0.83	7.99	1.82

Measure type: 122F   10-step numeral LifeSatisfaction All things considered, how satisfied are you with your life as-a-whole now? 10 satisfied . . . 1 dissatisfied
Details	Measure code	Year	On original range 1 - 10		On range 0 - 10
			Mean	SD	Mean	SD
	O-SLW-c-sq-n-10-a	1998	7.70	2.03	7.45	2.25
	O-SLW-c-sq-n-10-a	2004	7.89	1.87	7.65	2.07
Average			7.79	1.95	7.55	2.16

Measure type: 122G   11-step numeral LifeSatisfaction All things considered, how satisfied or dissatisfied are you with your life as-a-whole these days? 10 very satisfied . . 0 not satisfied
Details	Measure code	Year	On original range 0 - 10		On range 0 - 10
			Mean	SD	Mean	SD
	O-SLW-u-sq-n-11-d	2001	6.92	2.05	6.92	2.05
	O-SLW-u-sq-n-11-cb	2005	69.80	20.20	6.98	2.02
	O-SLW-c-sq-n-11-a	2008	7.81	1.71	7.81	1.71
Average			28.18	7.99	7.24	1.93

Measure type: 235   More days like yesterday Do you want more days like yesterday? - yes - no % yes
Details	Measure code	Year	On original range 0 - 100		On range 0 - 10
			Mean	SD	Mean	SD
	A-AOL-yd-sq-v-2-a	2008	71.00
Average			71.00

Measure type: 236   14-item Yesterday's Affect Balance Did you feel yesterday.. (yes/no)? - well rested - worried - proud - depressed - ...etc Computation: % positive affect minus % negative affect
Details	Measure code	Year	On original range -100 - 100		On range 0 - 10
			Mean	SD	Mean	SD
	A-AB-yd-mq-v-2-b	2008	53.00
Average			53.00

Measure type: 31D   11-step numeral Best-Worst possible Life Suppose the top of the ladder represents the best possible life for you and the bottom of the ladder the worst possible life. Where on this ladder do you feel you personally stand at the present time? - 10 - . - . - 0
Details	Measure code	Year	On original range 0 - 10		On range 0 - 10
			Mean	SD	Mean	SD
	C-BW-c-sq-l-11-c	2006	7.44	1.68	7.44	1.68
	C-BW-c-sq-l-11-c	2008	7.40		7.40
	C-BW-c-sq-l-11-c	2010	7.20		7.20
Average			7.35	1.68	7.35	1.68

Cite as: R. Veenhoven, Distributional findings on Happiness in New Zealand (NZ), World Database of Happiness, Erasmus University Rotterdam, The Netherlands.
Viewed on 2013-05-26 at http://worlddatabaseofhappiness.eur.nl .